Northampton Borough Council – Community Forums – Draft Action Plans 2014

| Forum Action Plan | |-------------------| | **Chair:** Cllr. Larratt and Martin De Rosario | **Responsible Forum:** Disabled People's Forum |

**Outcomes identified within the Corporate Plan:**

- Empowered local communities with a greater capacity to become involved in community life
- Promote integration and cohesion
- Appropriate support provided to those in most need
- Services are fair, accessible and responsive to individual needs residents and customers feel informed and engaged in service quality and design
- Future developments informed by the views of local people
- Delivery of events to celebrate and enjoy the Town’s heritage and culture

**Objectives:**

- Identify issues of importance to disabled people who live or work in the Borough, research/discuss issues and decide on outcomes to achieve
- Promote and sustain effective communication between NBC and disabled people living or working in the Borough.
- Work towards equality of access by disabled people to services, including accessible formats, removing barriers, promoting dialogue and identifying specific requirements.
- Promoting partnership working by statutory and voluntary sector organisations, and Disabled People’s groups and communities

**Actions:**

| Action | Owner | Activity (intelligence led) | Timescale | Cost | Measure | Last Updated | |--------|-------|-----------------------------|-----------|------|---------|--------------| | Improve attendance at forum, bringing different groups together to build upon the forum. Including service providers as well as service users. | All Officers – VR & AM | Officers working on Communications Plan to raise the profile of the forum All forum members to recommend service providers and organisations they believe would be beneficial to be at the forum at the next meeting (May 14). | Ongoing | Nil | % increase at forum | March 14 |